The Hague is where political decisions are made, such as how high the minimum wage for youth is or how old you are to vote. During the ProDemos educational program in The Hague, students and students discover how these decisions are made, what are the rules of our democratic constitutional state and how they can affect themselves. Of course, each group will also visit the DPR!

From Tuesday 18 April, 12:00pm, you can register your class for the education program in The Hague for the first half of the 2023 – 2024 school year (August-Dec). From that day on, you can also register your class for guest lessons at the school. In this news you can read more about the opening and important information about our new reservation system.

Program on politics in The Hague

With the decision-making tool on our website, you can easily find out which program in The Hague is right for your student or students. In The Hague we have programs for secondary education, pre-university education, practical training, MBO, PABO and teacher training. We offer these programs:

For schools in secondary education, there is a travel fee scheme to cover travel expenses. Is The Hague still too far away despite this compensation? Then choose the Parliament in Schools program; this program is based on The Hague Politics for Schools program, but adapted so that it can be given in the classroom.

New online reservation system

Program bookings will be made via our new reservation system on Tuesday 18 April, with a more user-friendly booking process and a handy file where you’ll find all the handy information in one place. Be sure to create an account on this reservation system in advance, which will save you the hassle on April 18th. Are you having problems? Please call us on 070 – 75 70 200 or send an email to info@prodemos.nl.

On our website, you will see a button to the new reservation system on every program page starting April 18th. To book a program, first select the education level in the reservation system, then select the program. You then go through all the steps to complete your booking.

PS! You can still book programs that are taking place in the 2022/2023 school year through the current online reservation system. (Except for the guest lecture on the European Union, which you can already book for this school year through the new reservation system.)

Two locations

Due to the renovation of the Binnenhof, the Senate and Parliament were moved to temporary locations. Our program has adapted for this and therefore we now use two locations. During their educational program, classes can begin and/or end at our main location on the Hofweg or at our sub-location ProDemos Studios (in New Babylon next to The Hague Central). So pay close attention to your booking at which location you start and end!

DPR registration and identification obligations

On each program, the class visits the House. Registration is required for this visit and – for participants aged 14 and over – identification is required. This gives the House a better idea of ​​who is present in the building at what time. At the latest one week before the visit, the names of the participants and the supervising teacher must be registered correctly with the DPR. You can read how to do this after placing an order on the web dossier ‘Good preparation for politics in The Hague’.

Further information on registration and identification obligations

School programs

Starting April 18th, at 12:00pm, you can also register your class for our program at schools throughout the ’23/’24 school year. For example, book a guest lesson about political parties (for secondary and secondary vocational education) or our interactive installation project Citizenship (for secondary vocational education). Or take part in our most extensive program in schools: Parliament in Schools (for secondary and vocational education), where classes discover how laws are made and how they themselves can influence political processes based on laws they make themselves.

View all of our programs at school here.